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Be it known thet "I, Hnirnr Cnnnnns n eitieen or the United iStetes of Th Ameriee', residing st Pittsburgh, in the oeunty oi Allegheny end Stete ot Pennsyh venie, hove invented eert'ein new end useful Innroveneentsl in Food .Qornpounds, of Whieh' the following is e-speoifieetlon;

This invention reletes to e iood oonipound be need es en ertifioielgrit for poultry,

Qrdinnr; grit, in the formed orushed oyster shels or ground bone, fed to poult'ry serves as double purpose of providing e grinding materiel to reduoe the whole reins eeten by fowle to e fine stete 111 the irds erew end to provide lirne end -hosphorus to produoe egg shells and bur d up end strengthen the ones of birds.

. In'using these rneteriels there is it drew hook to the use of oyster shells alone, inso= :nueh thet the produet provides the grow ng fowl with but one neededrninerel suit, vie, lime If ground bone is used to add phos= phorus to the grit its unsenitery condition due to adhering; deooyin orgenio suhsienoes I is frequently t sense disense.

The objeot of my invention is to pro duee e sanitary rit free from'ihe shore neen= tioned defeo s oontsinin lirne, phosphorus, end basis 0 en heerth seg suoh propor= tions as are 'enedoiel to the growth and egg produeing quelities oi e fowl. 1

eons ound eonopris es the ollowing1n= gredients 1n the proportions stated, VlZ5= Ground phosphate rook== ports Basie open hearth siege. 10 ports The phosphate rook used oonteins e1;= proximately 60% phosphate of lune end this ground. The basic open hearth slog epproximetely S10 =19=15,

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end Eg n-=8 in eonebinetion! Burnt lime or its equivalent in limestone is used.

see three ingredients ere ground to e' fine ponder end erethor'ou hlg mingled by egi= ietion, The mixture -s hen melted to e slog. This slog is then erushed to e su1t= ehle sine, either to e ooerse powder or to uni= -Patented More 18, 1913. t

form grenuler sine, ror ins'tenee, the size of e neen From the foregoing it will be observed that I hove devised e senitery, tonio grit or food oornpound thet oonteins those ingred1= ents essentiel to the rowth and e g produe= ing quehfioetions of owls, end I he understood thst the oroportions of the ingredients son he verie to neeet with the re%1ureinents of eertein oenditions I reserve the right to use the comp es s fertiliser or herein speeified.

eleiihz= ound for other purposes then i, The herein deserihed iood .eompoundeonsistin of hos hete roelr heeio open hesrth s1 nd 1nd.

I I in the presenee of two witnesses.

- CHARLES STIEFEL.

Witnessesz Mex Snonovrrz, I Kernnnnrn E.

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